Pilot of helicopter admits overflying inspection period to get to maintenance.

Attributes
ACN	137226
Time
Date	199002
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lft
State Reference	LA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff cruise other landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 3000
ASRS Report	137226
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft ad (airworthiness directive) for helicopter was overflown during flight from a deep water oil rig to lafayette, la. Upon landing ad was taken care of by maintenance. Aircraft was returned to service. Due to bad WX offshore and fog, I was unable to have maintenance complete inspection at oil rig. To stop an inspection from being overflown, we need to have maintenance personnel station back on the oil rig. Too many times it is difficult to get roving maintenance to fly to your location due to WX.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF HELICOPTER ADMITS OVERFLYING INSPECTION PERIOD TO GET TO MAINTENANCE.

Narrative: ACFT AD (AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE) FOR HELI WAS OVERFLOWN DURING FLT FROM A DEEP WATER OIL RIG TO LAFAYETTE, LA. UPON LNDG AD WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY MAINT. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SVC. DUE TO BAD WX OFFSHORE AND FOG, I WAS UNABLE TO HAVE MAINT COMPLETE INSPECTION AT OIL RIG. TO STOP AN INSPECTION FROM BEING OVERFLOWN, WE NEED TO HAVE MAINT PERSONNEL STATION BACK ON THE OIL RIG. TOO MANY TIMES IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET ROVING MAINT TO FLY TO YOUR LOCATION DUE TO WX.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.